Jewish tradition (as an example) posits that a foetus is not a Nephesh 'living soul' until it has drawn it's first independent breath. I find that a useful definition.
Indeed, however I am a 35 year+ student of Islam. Nothing I have said has been derogatory of Islam or Muhammad. However I am critical of Wahabiyyah and especially it's use of force against other Muslims going so far as to accuse them of Shirk.
I understand you don't like the terms but they are the correct ones. They define a particular subset of the Hanbali madhab, a puritanical subset which clearly sees itself as the 'rightful' Islam and other Muslims as those who have added deviations to the pure faith.
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Scouting in NZ is secular and had, for many years, a homosexual as their national leader. It is the capture of scouting in the US by Conservative, Christian groups which is the problem here, not homosexuals.
These kinds of renewal movements occur in all faiths, the problem is that they become the 'new orthodoxy' for those who follow them, they invest so much time and effort into being the perfect Wahabbi or whatever that they simply cannot allow others any kind of legitimacy because it devalues...